Monthly Archives: October, 2019

Recently Published Book Spotlight: The I in Team

This edition of the Recently Published Book Spotlight looks at Erin C. Tarver's The I in Team: Sports Fandom and the Reproduction of Identity...

Syllabus Showcase: Jennifer Bulcock, Gender and Social Justice

Gender and Social Justice is a mid-level elective for philosophy majors at Cabrini University. However, it was originally developed as a co-taught introductory feminist...

Gender Bias in Philosophy Social Media

A top medical journal published a research letter this week concerning the behavior of health researchers on Twitter, and how that behavior is informed...

Ecuador: From the Middle of the World to the End of the World

 by Boaventura de Sousa Santos  As its very name suggests, Ecuador is geographically located in the middle of the world. And now, from all appearances, neoliberalism has...

Award Report: Berry Fund for Public Philosophy Grant to the WMU Lyceum

Overview In May 2019, the Philosophy Department at Western Michigan University was awarded a $1,000 grant from the APA’s Berry Fund for Public Philosophy. The...

APA Member Interview: Derek Andrews

Derek Andrews is a doctoral student at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. His research interests lie primarily in the fields of bioethics and...

Ten Suggestions for Interviewing Job Candidates

A crucial step in making a faculty appointment is the initial interviewing of candidates. The process typically takes place at a professional conference or...

When Home Isn’t: Feminist Philosophy and the U.S. Foster Care System

by Katherine Davies On any given day, approximately 400,000 children are active recipients of the U.S. welfare program known as the foster care system. There...

Syllabus Showcase: Rebecca Scott, Introduction to Philosophy

The following syllabus is for a section of Introduction to Philosophy at Harper College, a two-year college in the suburbs of Chicago. The design...

The Humanitarian Crisis of Deaths of Despair

Last April, Princeton University economists and married partners Anne Case and  Sir Angus Deaton delivered the Tanner Lectures on Human Values at Stanford University. The title of their...

Recently Published Book Spotlight: Subjects That Matter

This edition of the Recently Published Book Spotlight is about Dr. Namita Goswami. She is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Indiana State University....

“Useful on the Ground”: An Interview with Elizabeth Hoover

by Kitty O’Riordan Editor Note: This interview originally had Dr. Hoover identitied as "(Mohawk/Mi’kmaq descendant)." We have deleted that because of Dr. Hoover's "Letter of Apology...

APA Member Interview: Peter Andes

Peter Andes is a PhD candidate in philosophy at the University of Alberta. He specializes in moral and political philosophy. His PhD research is...

Mentoring Undergraduates to Present at Academic Conferences

Disclaimer: Dr. Sabrina D. MisirHiralall is an editor at the Blog of the APA. The views expressed here are solely those of the author...

Recently Published Book Spotlight: The Idea of the World

This edition of the Recently Published Book Spotlight is on Bernardo Kastrup. He holds PhDs in both philosophy and computer engineering. He has authored...